486 - Rumpolt, M.

Rumpolt, M. A New Cookbook. Frankfurt: S. Feyerabend, P. Fischer, and H. Tacke for J. Feyerabend, 1587. With 141 woodcuts (some repeated) by Jost Amman, Virgil Solis, Hans Weiditz, the Petrarch Master, and others, as well as 1 large printer’s mark at the end. 4 unnumbered (instead of 6; excluding the title page and the first leaf of the preface), 39 numbered (instead of 41; excluding 14 and 15), 1 blank, 194 numbered (instead of 200; excluding 1, 52, 114, 115, 186, and 187), 1 unnumbered leaf. New parchment binding with spine label and closure straps. 30.5 × 21 cm. VD16 ZV 13441. Weiss 3284, note. Vicaire, col. 761f. Schoene 5672. Schraemli (Sotheby’s) 431. Becker, Amman 32c. See Horn/Arndt 86/87. Not listed in the BM STC, Adams, Simon, or Oberlé. — The most significant cookbook of the Renaissance. Second edition of this major standard work; like all copies of the early editions (first edition 1581), it is extremely rare. Written by Marx Rumpolt, the Hungarian-born “Churf. Meintzischen Mundtkoch,” who served as a chef at many noble courts across Europe, including in the kitchen of the Queen of Denmark, to whom he dedicated this work. - The beautiful woodcuts depict not only the animals used in the recipes, but also banquets and feasts of nobles and townspeople, the somewhat more meager tables of peasants, kitchen officials such as the steward, cupbearer, and butler, as well as utensils and vessels. - The last leaf of the preface is attached to the end. - Second edition of this important cookbook, first published in 1581. With a woodcut title vignette and 141 woodcuts in the text by J. Amman, Virgil Solis, H. Weiditz, and others, as well as a large woodcut printer’s mark at the end. New vellum with a label on the spine. - Missing the title page and 8 pages. Restored copy. Some pages have been reinforced with Japon; the outer margins of most pages have been backed or filled in; the first and last pages have larger gaps filled in along the margins (approximately 4 pages with some loss of text, otherwise hardly any loss of letters); slightly browned and with slight water stains along the edges; one page has been misbound.